Mantra 22

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वज्यानिः कर्णौ वरीवर्जयन्ती राजयक्ष्मो मेहन्ती

IAST Transliteration

sarvajyāníḥ kárṇau varīvárjayantī rājayakṣmó méhantī

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-wasting Loss—she guards the ears, keeping harm away—(yet) rājayakṣma, the consumer, makes him void his water.

Translation

सर्वक्षयकारी ‘हानि’—ती कानांचे रक्षण करते, अनिष्ट दूर ठेवते; (तरीही) राजयक्ष्मा—भक्षक व्याधी—त्याला जल (मूत्र) त्यागायला लावते.

Word by Word

• सर्वज्यानिः: all-wasting/total decay (as a disease/affliction)
• सर्वज्यानिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्यानी- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ज्यानि/ज्यानी ‘हानि/क्षय’)

• कर्णौ: (the) two ears
• कर्णौ: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरीवर्जयन्ती: warding off/keeping away (protecting)
• वरीवर्जयन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) + वि + अव (वरी-) + √वृज्/√वर्ज् (वर्जयति) → वरी-वर्जयन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• राजयक्ष्मः: consumption; phthisis (royal disease)
• राजयक्ष्मः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजयक्ष्म- (प्रातिपदिक; रोगनाम)

• मेहन्ती: urinating; discharging (as in a urinary ailment)
• मेहन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √मिह्/√मेह् (मेहति ‘मूत्रयति/स्रवति’) → मेहन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified per Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 12.5.

Devata: Rājayakṣma / Sarvajyāni (personified disease-powers).

Chandas: To be verified by metrical scan in context.

Mantra Rasa

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